# Twins on the way

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-on-the-way/717151>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-on-the-way/717151 "2015-04-08T19:23:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-on-the-way/717151/21 "2015-04-14T14:19:31Z")

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> [@sleestak](#):
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> …  
> They will be named Dirk Andrew and Donald Owen but go by Andrew and Owen. The names are a mix of their grandfathers names…

Congrats!!!

The names reminded me of a humorous article I read decades ago, by a woman whose neighbors had twin sons: Dirk and Eric.

She said that all the adults wound up caling them “Derek” and “Eric”.

All the kids called them “Dirk” and “Erk”.

So would you prettypleasewithsugarontop please change Donald Owen’s name to Eric Owen so we can call 'em Dirk and Erk? 😃

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